Chicago – July 08, 2024
Reformist candidate and heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election after beating his ultra-conservative rival Saeed Jalili in a run-off vote.
Iran’s electoral authority said on Saturday that Pezeshkian, a former health minister, received 53.7% of the votes cast to the 44.3% won by Jalili, a former top government nuclear negotiator.
State television showed images of supporters celebrating the 69-year-old Pezeshkian’s win by honking their car horns in the early hours of the morning.
“We will extend the hand of friendship to everyone,” said Pezeshkian in his first remarks, emphasizing that he would work with his political opponents “for the advancement of the country.”
